United States v. Volungus

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 2010-01-08

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SELYA, Circuit Judge. We are called upon to determine the constitutionality of a provision of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Walsh Act), Pub.L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587 (2006), a recently enacted federal law that provides in pertinent part for the civil commitment of a sexually dangerous person already in federal criminal custody in lieu of that person’s release upon ser…

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